{"id":39251,"date":"2018-12-20T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T18:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=39251"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:37:34","slug":"former-ottawa-senators-assistant-general-manager-randy-lee-pleads-guilty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/12\/20\/former-ottawa-senators-assistant-general-manager-randy-lee-pleads-guilty\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ottawa Senators Assistant General Manager Randy Lee Pleads Guilty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> assistant general manger <strong>Randy Lee<\/strong> has pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment on Thursday in Buffalo City Court in Western New York. The plea centres around an incident involving a 19-year old male hotel shuttle driver in May.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Ottawa Senators GM Randy Lee has pleaded guilty to a harassment charge stemming from an encounter with a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver in Buffalo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0sQQ1NBp42\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/0sQQ1NBp42<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4YHUWWSIs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/U4YHUWWSIs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1075789537098522626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 20, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Randy Lee Pleads Guilty<\/h1>\n<p>Lee resigned from the Senators in August to compound a trying off-season for the club. The plea deal occurred before the nonjury trial started. That means he was sentenced to time served of one night in jail and a $120 court surcharge. He was not fined by the judge when could have faced a maximum $250 fine.<\/p>\n<p>Lee and his lawyer Justin Ginter declined comment outside the courthouse.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old was charged with making lewd comments and inappropriate touching of a 19-year-old driver during the pre-draft scouting combine on May 30. Ottawa suspended Lee in June and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nhl\/news\/ottawa-senators-randy-lee-pleads-guility-former-gm-nhl-news-harrassment-driver\/vh3w8req0d2r1ky6tbx62nz28\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lee left the club after 23 years of service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He was assistant general manager for the last five seasons. Lee also served as the club\u2019s American Hockey League affiliated in Belleville, Ontario.<\/p>\n<h1>What It Means for Future<\/h1>\n<p>Hopefully Ottawa can put this incident behind them. This was one of the many missteps that the Senators\u2019 franchise has had over the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa has gone through a lot of off-ice drama but hopefully they can concentrate on the on-ice product. The club still has some off-ice issues they need to resolve, but this is one thing they&#8217;re close to resolving.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s legal issues might not be behind him with the victim as he&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/pmn\/news-pmn\/ex-senators-executive-pleads-guilty-to-harassing-driver\/wcm\/3ee04b1c-d2aa-4a51-b02d-989beda4847a\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">preparing to launch a civil suit<\/a> against Lee and the Senators. The victim said that he plans to contact the Senators in regard to settling a potential lawsuit out of court. He would proceed with a lawsuit in January if no agreement is reached.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/06\/Randy-Lee-1.jpg\" alt=\"\">CHICAGO, IL &#8211; JUNE 24: Randy Lee of the Ottawa Senators attends the 2017 NHL Draft at the United Center on June 24, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manger Randy Lee has pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment on Thursday in Buffalo City Court in Western New York. The plea centres around an incident involving a 19-year old male hotel shuttle driver in May. 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